Idaho gubernatorial elections have been held since statehood in 1890 to directly elect the Governor of Idaho. After the initial election was held in October 1890, each subsequent election was held every two years in November until 1946. Elections after 1946 were held in November every four years.
| Year | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | George L. Shoup Republican 10,262 56.35% | B. Wilson Democratic 7,948 43.65% | |||||||||
| 1892 | William J. McConnell Republican 8,178 40.21% | John M. Burke Democratic 6,769 33.28% | Abraham J. Crook Populist 4,865 24.23% | J. A. Clark Prohibition 264 1.32% | |||||||
| 1894 | William J. McConnell Republican 10,208 41.51% | James W. Ballantine Populist 7,121 28.96% | Edward A. Stevenson Democratic 7,057 28.70% | Other candidates various 205 0.83% | |||||||
| 1896 | Frank Steunenberg[1] Democratic - Populist 22,096 76.79% | David H. Budlong Republican 6,441 22.38% | Other candidates various 239 0.83% | ||||||||
| 1898 | Frank Steunenberg Democratic 19,407 48.83% | A. B. Moss Republican 13,794 34.71% | J. H. Anderson Populist 5,371 13.51% | Other candidates various 1,175 2.96% | |||||||
| 1900 | Frank W. Hunt Democratic 28,628 50.78% | D. W. Standrod Republican 26,468 46.95% | Other candidates various 1,227 2.27% | ||||||||
| 1902 | John T. Morrison Republican 31,874 52.90% | Frank W. Hunt Democratic 26,021 43.18% | Other candidates various 2,362 3.92% | ||||||||
| 1904 | Frank R. Gooding Republican 41,877 58.74% | Henry Heitfeld Democratic 24,252 34.02% | Theodore B. Shaw Socialist 4,000 5.61% | Other candidates various 1,169 1.64% | |||||||
| 1906 | Frank R. Gooding Republican 38,386 52.18% | Charles O. Stockslager Democratic 29,496 40.09% | Thomas F. Kelley Socialist 4,650 6.32% | Other candidates various 1,169 1.64% | |||||||
| 1908 | James H. Brady Republican 47,864 49.61% | Moses Alexander Democratic 40,145 41.61% | Ernest Unterman Socialist 6,155 6.38% | Other candidates various 2,310 2.39% | |||||||
| 1910 | James H. Hawley Democratic 40,856 47.42% | James H. Brady Republican 39,961 46.38% | S. W. Motley Socialist 5,342 6.20% | ||||||||
| 1912 | John M. Haines Republican 35,074 33.24% | James H. Hawley Democratic 33,992 32.22% | G. H. Martin Progressive 24,325 23.05% | L. A. Coblentz Socialist 11,094 10.51% | |||||||
| 1914 | Moses Alexander Democratic 47,618 44.13% | John M. Haines Republican 40,349 37.39% | Hugh E. McElroy Progressive 10,583 9.81% | L. A. Coblentz Socialist 7,967 7.38% | |||||||
| 1916 | Moses Alexander Democratic 63,877 47.49% | D. W. Davis Republican 63,305 47.07% | Annie E. Triplow Socialist 7,321 5.44% | ||||||||
| 1918 | D. W. Davis Republican 57,626 59.95% | H. F. Samuels Democratic 38,499 40.05% | |||||||||
| 1920 | D. W. Davis Republican 75,748 52.97% | Ted A. Walters Democratic 38,509 26.93% | Sherman D. Fairchild Independent 28,752 20.11% | ||||||||
| 1922 | Charles C. Moore Republican 50,538 39.53% | H. F. Samuels Progressive 40,516 31.69% | Moses Alexander Democratic 36,810 28.79% | ||||||||
| 1924 | Charles C. Moore Republican 65,408 43.91% | H. F. Samuels Progressive 58,163 39.04% | A. L. Freehafer Democratic 25,081 16.84% | Other candidates various 321 0.22% | |||||||
| H. C. Baldridge Republican 61,575 51.05% | W. Scott Hall Progressive 34,208 28.36% | Asher B. Wilson Democratic 24,837 20.59% | |||||||||
| H. C. Baldridge Republican 87,681 57.82% | C. Ben Ross Democratic 63,046 41.58% | Other candidates various 908 0.60% | |||||||||
| C. Ben Ross Democratic 73,896 56.03% | John McMurray Republican 58,002 43.98% | ||||||||||
| 1932 | C. Ben Ross Democratic 116,663 61.73% | B. Defenbach Republican 68,863 36.44% | Other candidates various 3,476 1.84% | ||||||||
| 1934 | C. Ben Ross Democratic 93,313 54.58% | Frank L. Stephan Republican 76,659 44.25% | Other candidates various 2,001 1.17% | ||||||||
| 1936 | Barzilla W. Clark Democratic 115,098 57.19% | Frank L. Stephan Republican 83,430 41.46% | Other candidates various 2,716 1.35% | ||||||||
| 1938 | C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 106,268 57.30% | C. Ben Ross Democratic 77,697 41.89% | Other candidates various 1,494 0.81% | ||||||||
| 1940 | Chase A. Clark Democratic 120,420 50.48% | C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 118,117 49.52% | |||||||||
| 1942 | C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 72,260 50.15% | Chase A. Clark Democratic 71,826 49.85% | |||||||||
| 1944 | Charles C. Gossett Democratic 109,527 52.64% | W. H. Detweiler Republican 98,532 47.36% | |||||||||
| 1946 | C. A. Robins Republican 102,233 56.37% | Arnold Williams Democratic 79,131 43.63% | |||||||||
| 1950 | Len Jordan Republican 107,642 52.56% | Calvin Wright Democratic 97,150 47.44% | |||||||||
| 1954 | Robert Smylie Republican 124,038 54.24% | Clark Hamilton Democratic 104,647 45.76% | |||||||||
| 1958 | Robert Smylie Republican 121,810 50.96% | A. M. Derr Democratic 117,236 49.04% | |||||||||
| 1962 | Robert Smylie Republican 139,578 54.64% | Vernon Smith Democratic 115,876 45.36% | |||||||||
| 1966 | Don Samuelson Republican 104,586 41.40% | Cecil Andrus[2] Democratic 93,744 37.11% | Perry Swisher Independent 30,913 12.24% | Phillip Jungert Independent 23,139 9.16% | |||||||
| 1970 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 128,004 52.22% | Don Samuelson Republican 117,108 47.78% | |||||||||
| 1974 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 184,142 70.92% | Jack M. Murphy Republican 68,731 26.47% | Nolan Victor American 6,759 2.60% | ||||||||
| 1978 | John Evans Democratic 169,540 58.75% | Allan Larsen Republican 114,149 39.56% | Other candidates various 4,877 1.69% | ||||||||
| 1982 | John Evans Democratic 187,640 52.92% | Phil Batt Republican 166,911 47.08% | |||||||||
| 1986 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 193,429 49.93% | David Leroy Republican 189,794 48.99% | James A. Miller Independent 4,203 1.08% | ||||||||
| 1990 | Cecil Andrus Democratic 217,801 68.13% | Roger Fairchild Republican 101,885 31.87% | |||||||||
| 1994 | Phil Batt Republican 216,123 51.05% | Larry EchoHawk Democratic 191,363 45.20% | Ronald D. Rankin Independent 15,793 3.73% | ||||||||
| 1998 | Dirk Kempthorne Republican 258,095 67.69% | Robert Huntley Democratic 110,815 29.06% | Peter Rickards Independent 12,388 3.25% | ||||||||
| 2002 | Dirk Kempthorne Republican 231,566 56.28% | Jerry Brady Democratic 171,711 41.73% | Daniel L. J. Adams Libertarian 8,187 1.99% | ||||||||
| 2006 | Butch Otter Republican 237,437 52.67% | Jerry Brady Democratic 198,845 44.11% | Marvin Richardson Constitution 7,309 1.62% | Ted Dunlap Libertarian 7,241 1.61% | |||||||
| 2010 | Butch Otter Republican 267,483 59.11% | Keith Allred Democratic 148,680 32.85% | Jana Kemp Independent 26,655 5.89% | Ted Dunlap Libertarian 5,867 1.30% | Marvin Richardson Independent 3,850 0.85% | ||||||
| 2014 | Butch Otter Republican 235,405 53.52% | A.J. Balukoff Democratic 169,556 38.55% | John Bujak Libertarian 17,884 4.07% | Jill Humble Independent 8,801 2.00% | |||||||
| 2018 | Brad Little Republican 361,661 59.76% | Paulette Jordan Democratic 231,081 38.19% | Bev "Angel" Boeck Libertarian 6,551 1.08% | Walter L. Hayes Constitution 5,787 0.96% | |||||||
| 2022 | Brad Little Republican 358,598 60.52% | Stephen Heidt Democratic 120,160 20.28% | Ammon Bundy Independent 101,835 17.19% | Libertarian 0 0.00% | Constitution 0 0.00%--> | ||||||